Grants include:

• The U.S. Department of Education awarded $348,610 to Todd Murdock, director of Educational Talent Search at WCU, to provide a wide range of support services, including academic, career and financial aid counseling, to 900 area public school students as a way to encourage them to graduate from high school and continue their education.

• The N.C. Department of Public Instruction awarded $292,900 to Bobby Hensley, director of conferences and meetings for the Division of Educational Outreach, to provide services to participants enrolled in seven-week Teacher Academy sessions.

• The N.C. State Library awarded $90,616 to Anna Fariello, visiting associate professor and Craft Revival Project leader, to create a virtual collection of objects, documents and photographs from 1845 to 1945 related to the mountain craft revival.

• The Highlands Biological Foundation awarded $25,000 to Jim Costa, director of Highlands Biological Station, for a portion of the salary and fringe benefits of an associate director.

• The Forest Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture awarded an additional $20,000 to Jerry Miller, the Whitmire Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science, and Mark Lord, head of the geosciences and natural resources department, to support salary and travel costs associated with analysis of the Great Basin of Nevada as part of an ecosystem management project.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded $10,179 to Cheryl Johnson, assistant professor of nursing, to pay tuition and fees for nurse anesthetist trainees.

• The Mountain Area Health Education Center awarded $7,900 to Jean Hill, assistant professor of nursing, to increase opportunities for nursing students in rural and underserved areas through county health departments in Western North Carolina.

• The Health Resources and Services Administration awarded a three-year $825,000 grant to Judy Mallory, associate professor of nursing, for an effort to start a new online master’s degree program for nurses who are currently in or moving into management roles. The program includes an emphasis on preparing graduates to work with medically underserved populations and rural communities. HRSA also awarded $35,279 to Mallory to provide tuition and fees to for students enrolled in nurse educator or family nurse practitioner programs.

For more information, contact Wanda G. Ashe, grants manager, at (828) 227-7212 or ashe@wcu.edu.

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